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'File 11/3 Vol. II Applications for manumission - REPATRIATION' [60r] (121/396)
The record is made up of 1 file (195 folios). It was created in 6 Mar 1930-11 Nov 1931. It was written in English and Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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Preois of statement of Mubarak "bin Yahya of Yaraan, aged
a"bout 32 years. Recorded at the Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
, Bahrain,
on the 22nd April 1930.
I was "born in the town of I"b"b in Yaman and was kidnapped
"by one Salem when only ahout 7 years old. He took me first tc
Aden and then to Mukalla where he forced me to answer only to
the name Mubarak instead of Muhammad which was my original
name. After four months he took me to Shargah where he sold
me to Ahdur Hahman Saffar for Us. 1500. This master treated
me cruelly and then sent me to Dahai through a Dallal named
Bin Asfar who sold me to Saif "bin Hamad Aqaidah for "Rs.1700;
then I was 12 years old. I did diving for this master and
he took my earnings "but did not give me food or raiment
enough.
1 ran to the
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
Agent, ohargah, and stated my case
to him "but he did not take notice of my complaints and handed
me "back to my master who imprisoned me for two months and
then sold me to Ahmad "bin Ghalih for Hs.2000/-. This master
got me married to a negress named 7 ja # foor and then sold us
to Ahmad "bin Bashir for Hs.3200/-. T Te served him for one
year and he sold us to Muhammad "bin Isa "bin Dakhan for
iRs .4000/-. \'Ie served this man for one year and he sold us
to Abdullah "bin Yusuf of De"bai for Es.3000/-. Te remained
four years with this man and "being treated harshly "by him
1 ran away to Bahrain# I nov/ request the High Government
to grant me and my wife Manumission Certificates.
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The file mostly contains applications for manumission certificates granted by the British Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . The file also contains correspondence about the inheritance of a deceased manumitted slave (folios 2-7) in which both the former master who freed him, and his widow claim his inheritance, and correspondence on the rescue of a young Persian slave by Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī, Emir of Qatar (folios 37-43).
- Extent and format
- 1 file (195 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers in the file are arranged chronologically.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: The foliation is in pencil on the top right corner, starting and ending on the covers. The numbering starts with 1, 1a, and then carries on until 196, which is the last number given on the back cover.
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- Reference
- IOR/R/15/2/1367
- Title
- 'File 11/3 Vol. II Applications for manumission - REPATRIATION'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 1ar:1av, 3r:32v, 34r:40v, 43r:79v, 81r:86v, 89r:115v, 115av, 116r:116v, 117v:119v, 121r:155v, 157r:179v, 181r:195v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence